Huck Brock
@huckbrock.com
story writer.
have body; will decay.
he/hmm.
minneapolis, mn.
have body; will decay.
he/hmm.
minneapolis, mn.
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Huck Brock
@huckbrock.com
· Dec 23
NEW STORY⚡️🐸
“The First and Final Meeting of Swim Club #112” by @huckbrock.com is now up!
Art by Karissa Ho
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“The First and Final Meeting of Swim Club #112” by @huckbrock.com is now up!
Art by Karissa Ho
flash-frog.com/2024/12/23/t...
The First and Final Meeting of Swim Club #112 by Huck Brock
All winter, we nine-to-fived and obeyed lines between boxy buildings, calendar grids, and hour hands, even when the wedge of day narrowed until night waited for us at home. So, when months went by …
flash-frog.com
Excited that my first published story is up at @flashfrog.bsky.social !!
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
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So, as I suspected, the police response to the shootings of Democratic elected officials in Minnesota was actually a complete disaster www.startribune.com/new-details-...
July 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So, as I suspected, the police response to the shootings of Democratic elected officials in Minnesota was actually a complete disaster www.startribune.com/new-details-...
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Check him out. Minneapolis can have a Mayor who is unconditionally pro-
LGBTQIA+ and with a record of helping pass strong protections for our community.
Our current Mayor botched the Trans Equity Summit, vetoed an LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Program, and failed to condemn homophobia.
LGBTQIA+ and with a record of helping pass strong protections for our community.
Our current Mayor botched the Trans Equity Summit, vetoed an LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Program, and failed to condemn homophobia.
When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
This week we celebrated the 10-year anniversary of marriage equality and mourned losses like Roe while the Supreme Court decided to restrict access to gender-affirming care for our youth and defund access to abortion care.
This week we celebrated the 10-year anniversary of marriage equality and mourned losses like Roe while the Supreme Court decided to restrict access to gender-affirming care for our youth and defund access to abortion care.
June 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Check him out. Minneapolis can have a Mayor who is unconditionally pro-
LGBTQIA+ and with a record of helping pass strong protections for our community.
Our current Mayor botched the Trans Equity Summit, vetoed an LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Program, and failed to condemn homophobia.
LGBTQIA+ and with a record of helping pass strong protections for our community.
Our current Mayor botched the Trans Equity Summit, vetoed an LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Program, and failed to condemn homophobia.
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The are line dancing in the middle of the protest while shouting Fuck ICE
June 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The are line dancing in the middle of the protest while shouting Fuck ICE
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Should be a bigger story that John McCain’s widow Cindy McCain went on American TV and called bullshit on Israel’s lies last weekend. Like John McCain’s widow is now to the left of Cory Booker on Israel. That’s how bad the Dems are on Palestinian human rights.
"Cindy McCain, director of the World Food Programme (WFP), rejected Israel’s claims that Hamas is stealing aid entering the Gaza Strip on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday."
youtu.be/1wcfqoxmFhc?...
youtu.be/1wcfqoxmFhc?...
WFP director says Hamas is not stealing aid and Israel has only let ‘drop in the bucket’ aid pass
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
youtu.be
June 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Should be a bigger story that John McCain’s widow Cindy McCain went on American TV and called bullshit on Israel’s lies last weekend. Like John McCain’s widow is now to the left of Cory Booker on Israel. That’s how bad the Dems are on Palestinian human rights.
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This is part and parcel to why I cancelled my Google nest service and replaced all my cameras with local recording only devices. I don't want anyone to be able to grab my footage for any use I don't like our approve of.
Check out Reolink if you want good cameras with no external snooping.
Check out Reolink if you want good cameras with no external snooping.
May 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is part and parcel to why I cancelled my Google nest service and replaced all my cameras with local recording only devices. I don't want anyone to be able to grab my footage for any use I don't like our approve of.
Check out Reolink if you want good cameras with no external snooping.
Check out Reolink if you want good cameras with no external snooping.
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"After George Floyd’s Murder, MN Companies Pledged Millions. We Asked 14 How Much They’ve Given. - Racket"
#Target isn't the only MN company trying to play us.
This is great reporting from @jayboller.bsky.social
at @racketmn.com
(Highly recommend subscribing to Racket for $5/month)
#Target isn't the only MN company trying to play us.
This is great reporting from @jayboller.bsky.social
at @racketmn.com
(Highly recommend subscribing to Racket for $5/month)
Here's my very, very long attempt at corporate accountability.
After George Floyd’s Murder, MN Companies Pledged Millions. We Asked 14 How Much They’ve Given. - Racket
The corporate climate around racial equity these days? Profoundly different.
racketmn.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"After George Floyd’s Murder, MN Companies Pledged Millions. We Asked 14 How Much They’ve Given. - Racket"
#Target isn't the only MN company trying to play us.
This is great reporting from @jayboller.bsky.social
at @racketmn.com
(Highly recommend subscribing to Racket for $5/month)
#Target isn't the only MN company trying to play us.
This is great reporting from @jayboller.bsky.social
at @racketmn.com
(Highly recommend subscribing to Racket for $5/month)
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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I often will look at the stupid AI summary that pops up on google and follow the sources it gives to see if it’s actually right. Most of the time? It isn’t. And even if it’s technically correct, it’s totally missing context clues that are crucial to subject matter understanding and expertise
The number of journalist in this piece who draw the line at “letting AI do the writing” but are fine with “letting AI do the thinking” makes me want to walk into the ocean.
This is how you lose your edge — and the war on our industry as executives try to replace us.
This is how you lose your edge — and the war on our industry as executives try to replace us.
How We’re Using AI
The rapid development of AI is already changing how journalists operate. Reporters, editors, executives, and others across the news industry share their advice on how to engage—and where to draw the l...
www.cjr.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I often will look at the stupid AI summary that pops up on google and follow the sources it gives to see if it’s actually right. Most of the time? It isn’t. And even if it’s technically correct, it’s totally missing context clues that are crucial to subject matter understanding and expertise
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Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man starring Tobey Maguire is older than ICE.
Old person here to say that ICE did not exist before 2003
We opened this door after 9/11 and can close it again
We opened this door after 9/11 and can close it again
May 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man starring Tobey Maguire is older than ICE.
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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“They treat empathy like a muscle, flexing it as often as possible to ward off apathy…”
I’m so damn proud of @katmabu.bsky.social and cannot wait to have her moral clarity and empathy in Congress.
If you’re ready too, consider donating whatever amount you can.
secure.actblue.com/donate/abugh...
I’m so damn proud of @katmabu.bsky.social and cannot wait to have her moral clarity and empathy in Congress.
If you’re ready too, consider donating whatever amount you can.
secure.actblue.com/donate/abugh...
April 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
“They treat empathy like a muscle, flexing it as often as possible to ward off apathy…”
I’m so damn proud of @katmabu.bsky.social and cannot wait to have her moral clarity and empathy in Congress.
If you’re ready too, consider donating whatever amount you can.
secure.actblue.com/donate/abugh...
I’m so damn proud of @katmabu.bsky.social and cannot wait to have her moral clarity and empathy in Congress.
If you’re ready too, consider donating whatever amount you can.
secure.actblue.com/donate/abugh...
Repost with your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only).
April 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Repost with your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only).
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I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners
Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners
open.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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From Cleve Jones: “Call your representatives in Congress. Name him honorary grand marshal of your Pride parades. Say his name. Only we can save his life.”
www.ebar.com/story/154050...
www.ebar.com/story/154050...
LGBTQ Agenda: Gay rights icons call for community to fight for makeup artist deported to El Salvador prison
Two longtime LGBTQ leaders are trying to draw the community’s attention to the case of a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who’d been seeking asylum in the United States but was whisked to an infamous ...
www.ebar.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
From Cleve Jones: “Call your representatives in Congress. Name him honorary grand marshal of your Pride parades. Say his name. Only we can save his life.”
www.ebar.com/story/154050...
www.ebar.com/story/154050...
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This is such a practical, user-friendly and transparent tool to help people navigate and understand this ongoing and unnecessary disaster. There's something deeply Minnesotan about it, and also deeply teacher-ly, that I kinda feel choked up a little bit.
Minnesota has launched a new tool to track federal funding cuts that affect services ranging from heating assistance and flood mitigation to tracking diseases.
Track Trump administration cuts in real time with new Minnesota tool
Gov. Tim Walz announced the state dashboard on Wednesday. It will be updated every weekday.
www.startribune.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is such a practical, user-friendly and transparent tool to help people navigate and understand this ongoing and unnecessary disaster. There's something deeply Minnesotan about it, and also deeply teacher-ly, that I kinda feel choked up a little bit.
I love that this beautifully absurd literary magazine pays well 🌮
hey we rise from the dead this Easter and now we pay $150 for your Literature tacobellquarterly.org/tbq8-call-br...
TBQ8 Call: Bring Us Your Stacks of Pages
My kids make books all the time for fun. Both of them want to be writers and artists when they grow up. I feel like this is my fault. I’ve made it look too fun. They bring me their stacks of pages,…
tacobellquarterly.org
April 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I love that this beautifully absurd literary magazine pays well 🌮
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Last month AI crawlers generated 90% of my site's traffic, forcing me to pay penalties
Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking.
Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors
Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking.
Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors
April 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Last month AI crawlers generated 90% of my site's traffic, forcing me to pay penalties
Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking.
Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors
Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking.
Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors
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Ahahahahahshsshshshsshshshshssh
“I’m honestly shocked. I thought we had it in the bag,” said the chair of the Republican Party of WI’s Outagamie County. “I thought [Musk] was gonna be an asset for this race. Ppl love Trump, but maybe they don’t love everybody he supports. Maybe I have blinders on.” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Republicans see 'warning signs' for the midterms after GOP underperformances
Democrats clinched a landslide victory in Wisconsin and made inroads in two deep-red Florida districts, spelling trouble for Republicans.
www.politico.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Ahahahahahshsshshshsshshshshssh
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
I would love thisss, but show it in theaters!!
March 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I would love thisss, but show it in theaters!!
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.